Elastic woven bandage.



No. 889,827. PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

- W. J. TEUFEVL.

ELASTIC WVEN BANDAGE.

' APPLIoATIoN FILED JULY 2e. 1905.

Myx. d.,

l WILHELM JLIUS TEUFEL, OF STUTTGART, GERMANY.

ELASTIC WOVEN BANDAS-E.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented J' une 2, 1908.

Application led July 26, 1905. Serial No. 271,393.

. tains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful im- I l'provements in wovenbandages and has for its object to provide a bandage which shall have. aselvage at each side, which shall be elastic longitudinally, withoutcurling transversely.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a top view of a bandage made in accordancewit my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view showing theparticular way of laying the warp and the'weft threads.

According to my invention, the bandage is woven in suitable widths forbanda es, and these are preferafbly woven on the well ribbon loom. Thealternate war threads a, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 are all tig tlytwisted in onedirection, while the intermediate warp threads are alltightly twisted in the opposite direction.

The weft' thread b is led back and forth in the ordinary manner, iand iscarried around the outermost warp threads, thus making a `tion only,thus making a banda and which shall lie flat l known selvage at each endof the bandage. Said weft thread is preferably loosely twisted.

By the above construction, I provide a bandage, which will lay perfectlyflat, with no tendency to curl laterall in view of the fact that certainof the warp t reads are twisted in one direction, while certain others,are twisted in the opposite direction.

I have further provided a bandage which shall -be very elastic in alongitudinal direc* e which has all the advantages of a ban age havingcaoutchouc threads. I have still further provided a bandage which has aselvage at each edge, which is a great advantage over those bandageshaving open edges.

v Having now described and ascertained my said invention and in whatmanner the same is to be performed'I declare that what I claim 1s:- V

An elastic ribbon bandage consisting of alternate warp threads tightly.twisted in the same direction and intermediate warp threads tightlytwisted inthe opposite direction, and a contlnuous weft thread which ispassed around the outermost warp threads to form a (selvage. Y

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. WILHELM JULIUS TEUFEL. Witnesses:

ERNST ENTENMANE, WALTER SonwAEBsorL

